Commerce union leader Purshotam Narayan Samant (91) dedicated suicide at his residence in Borivali on Friday. Popularly often called Dada, he was the elder brother of legendary commerce union leader Datta Samant and the father-in-law of Maharashtra Cupboard Minister Jitendra Awhad.

Samant hanged himself and his physique was discovered by his home assist early within the morning. He left a suicide observe stating he was ending his life as a consequence of his extended sickness, police sources stated.

A case of unintended loss of life has been registered by the Dahisar police which is investigating the case. Dada Samant had taken up commerce activism a lot earlier than his brother Datta and had performed an essential function in Bombay in the course of the first railway strike of 1960. Samant had subsequently shifted to Gwalior the place he labored as a technical officer at Jiyajee Rao Cotton Mills.

He returned to erstwhile Bombay in 1981, a yr earlier than the yr lengthy textile mill employees strike of 1982 that was led by his brother Datta Samant. As per Rajni Bakshi’s guide “The Long Haul” on the textile strike of 1982-83, Dada is claimed to have suggested Datta Samant to not take up the textile situation. “Don’t take up textiles, you’ll fail miserably,” states the guide quoting Dada Samant.

He nevertheless joined up along with his brother and was seen as a backroom operator dealing with the authorized paperwork of the union. He was identified for his information of labour legal guidelines. After his brother’s assassination in 1997 Dada headed the Kamgar Aghadi from 1997 to 2011. He’s survived by his spouse and three daughters certainly one of whom is married to Maharashtra Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad.